Except two guards who didn't make enough merits in the previous mission, plus another one who is still recovering from wounds, all the troops have been upgraded with Marine armour and weaponry, Power armour and Bolter. The Alpha squad is now Yellow squad and Bravo is Orange squad. Some of them have raised their Rep to 5.

The troopers have been deployed in a heavily bombed village located in an isolated area with the only ford in miles around; and according to intelligence, where an Ork warband will try to pass through.The mission is called "Perimeter Defense" and the objective is to avoid the Orks pass through the ford and exit the board. The only acceptable failure is death.

First turn and Orks activate with one of the PEF moving towards the ford and being resolved. They are six in total and are caught in the open. After the first salvo two fall down and another ducks back; the other two knock down one Marine and then take cover in the ruins near the ford.

The PEF at the bottom advances and is spotted by the two scouts from Yellow squad. They are the main group with eleven Orks in total and again they are caught in the open and thus, during the first shootout most of them duck back.The last PEF next to the river doesn't activate yet as its Rep is one.

Fortunately this time Orange squad manages to kill all the Orks, although one of the Marines falls down Out of Fight. Their buddies yell for the medic who is with the Yellow squad, who heroically dashes through the line of fire to reach the wounded in time. After checking him out he realizes it's just a flesh wound and the soldier can get back into action.

The Orks keep the initiative and charge again as the Marines were out of ammo (red markers), killing the Marine on the ground and stunning down the weapon specialist of the squad. But now the rest of the Orange squad strikes back and after a fierce firefight at close quarters amongst the ruins, the Orks are finally contained. Regrettfully, the specialist didn't make it.

ConclusionAll the Marines wannabees from Yellow squad survived the battle; six of them gained the right to wear a Terminator armour and the other two Marine, Power armour.From Orange squad only survived four of them. Three of them gained their Terminator armour and one raised his Rep to 6; the last one incorporates into action but he still is as he started, with his standard Imperial armour and rifle.